I hate molars

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maylove57 wrote:

So my May baby is almost 15 months, hooray! NOT She was a horrible sleeper as a young baby but once we did sleep training she was an amazing sleeper until the last month. A few times a week she wakes up in horrible screaming fits and then it's a battle the rest of the night to get her back to bed. I assume it's teething. Some nights if we see signs of her being uncomfortable we catch it in time and give her Tylenol before bed but I don't want to do this every night! She doesn't use loveys, doesn't let me massage her gums, doesn't use chewy type toys. I'm at a loss as to how to help her. I can't get her to even come sleep in our bed, she thinks its playtime. Would it be crazy to introduce a pacifier at this point to comfort her? She's never used a paci or suck her thumb. Yes, I know we should consider ourselves lucky but it's difficult to get her to self soothe herself.I feel terrible for her and also I NEED SLEEP. I'm going on 2 hours of sleep and I work full time and go to college part time.

I am sorry this is going on, my 13 month old dealt with interrupted sleep from teething up until late last month. It is just a phase and should go away, I wouldn't use a pacifier since it can mess with her teeth, perhaps call her doctor and see what he says. Good luck

You are not alone. My son has the same issues. He's been getting in all 8 molars at once now for about a month. Most are cut through and he is also not a pacier person or thumb sucker like either of my other two. He's just a mommy's boy. He loves to cuddle and wants to be held to sleep. I wish I had great advice for you, but honestly, I don't have much. We just try to tire him out so he sleeps and we run a fan in our room so if he's just fussy we don't have to hear it and get up. I usually wait for the Tylenol to kick in and let him run off some extra energy before putting him to bed, that way he feels better and is tired and he's usually ok. But, we've only gone to Tylenol a couple of times. Again, I'm not much help, but at least you aren't alone. It will pass, just hang in there!

I would probably hold off on the paci if you don't need it and just do Tylenol/Motrin before bed for a few nights. I think in the long run you'll be kicking yourself for having to break a paci habit over a short term issue. Teething won't last forever, but you may find yourself with a bigger problem a few months or even a year down the road trying to get rid of a paci. I hope those teeth pop through soon for all of us!